Ice-tool.



PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907 e. LEPLEY.

. 10B TOOL.

A'PPLIGATION FILED MAR. 28, 1906.

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B) V a! r v I A TTORNE Y5 W1 YYVESSES:

, through the recesses.

GEORGE LEPITEY,

TIFFIN, onio".

lCE-TOOL.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Marchil2, 1907.

Application filed March 28,1905. Serial No. 308,527.

To U whom it "Hwy conceive:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Lerner, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tillin, in the county of'Senoca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Ice-Tool, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to implements omployed for trimming blocks of ice when packing in ice-houses and for similar purposes, and has for its object to improve the construction and increase the clticiency and utility of devices of this character.

With this and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which con responding parts are denoted by like desighating characters is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of, the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved implement. Figs. and 3 are perspective views of the two plates forming the head portions of the implemerit. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the spikes or teeth detached. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the head portion of the implement.

The improved device comprises two plates 11, united by s aced clamp-bolts 12. The plate 10 is I)I0Vi( ed with spaced recesses 13 14, and the plate 11 is provided with corresponding recesses 15 16, the two sets of recesses registering when the lates areunitcd with two of the clampiolts extending The lates are provided with a supportinghand e 17,connected to a bracket 1.8, forked at one end for hearing within the recesses, and secured in place by the clamp-bolts 12, which through the recesses. The plate 10 is also provided with an intermediatelongitudinal recess it), while the plate 11 is provided with a similar recess 20, the rece. cs if) and registering 'or la-ing oppositely-disposed when the two plates are united.

The plate it) is provided with a plurality of lateral recesses 21, cou'uuunicalmg with the longitudinal recesses it), and the plate 1 l.

is provided with a (orrcspoinling uumler of lateral recesses 22, connmnncalmg with the longitudinal recess 20, the two sets of're-' cesses 21 and 22 registering or being oppositelydisposed when the plates are united. The recesses, 21 and 22 are preferazly semicircular transversely, while the recesses 19 20 are preferahly rectangular transversely. Bearing in the recesses 21 22 are a plurality of teeth'or spikes 23, the latter having laterally-extending heads 24 for bearing in the rec s it) 20, and with their sides converging to points, as shown. The teeth 23 preferably converge entirely to one side, or are so formed that one side is in longitudinal alincment with the recesses 21 22 and the side faces of the plates, as shown in Fig 5. The tool 11 are spaced apart uniformly and are prevented from rotating in the recesses 21 22 by the rectangular form of the heads 24, which closely engage the rectangular recesses 1t) 20. The teeth 23 are uniform in size, so that they are interchangeable, and by furnishing 'a plurality of the teeth the implement may be readily repaired when a tooth is broken or worn by simply disconnecting the plates and replacing the broken tooth.

From the foregoing it will henoted that the plates 10 and ii are duplicates, and when made of metal a single pat-tern only willhe necessary to manufacture them. They may he of any convenient or suit'ahle size and carry as many teeth the work demands; Ordinarily the complete im lement will be about nine inches long an nine teeth, inoreor less.

The plates will be as light as possible consistent with the strains to which the implement will be subjected and will he chamfered or inclined; as shown in Fig. 5. The

in'iplen'ie'nt will he found very convenient for p the usc of workmen in trimming ice when packing iiistorage-houses, and by providing a handle moniker 17 of sulli cient length the workmen can trim the ice at a sulliient distan e therefromlto prevent the chips from striking him or coming in contact with his clothes.

llaving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A ln an implcmcntof the characterdescribed, a pair of duplicate plates placed face to face, car-h plate provided with a rectangular longitudinal channel and a plurality of parallel transverse channels extending from said longitudinal channel to one edge of each of said plates, and each plate lleing provided with parallel spaced and registeririg-sockets in the opposite edge thereof from that havcontain about ing the transverse channels, a plurality of teeth disposed in. said transverse channels with their rectangular heads hearing in said longitudinal channels, a forked handle hearing in said sockets, and fastening-bolts passipg through said plates and said forked handle. 

